Donald Trump
b. 1946
Cohn's protégé, the self-dealing presidency, and the club's most powerful member.
If Roy Cohn wrote the operating system, Donald Trump is the machine it runs on at scale. Cohn's method — attack, never apologize, monetize every relationship — became a presidency: pardons as a marketplace, the family business as a conflict of interest, and a long social record with Jeffrey Epstein that the government has fought to keep sealed.
What the record shows
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He learned the method directly from Roy Cohn.
FACTCohn was Trump's lawyer and mentor from the 1970s — the through-line from McCarthyism and the mob to the modern presidency.
His administration ran pardons as a marketplace.
FACTClemency flowed to the connected and the useful — a favor bank settled from the Oval Office, documented across the pardon record.
The family business is a standing conflict of interest.
FACTForeign deals, crypto ventures, and government business routed through entities the family profits from.
He had a long, documented social relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
FACTThe association is on the record; the open question is what it entailed, and the government has repeatedly resisted disclosure.
Every investigation that touches Donald
Resolved live from the investigations index — this list grows as new coverage lands.
- The Roy Cohn MethodThe ClubFACT
- The Pardon MarketSelf-Dealing & Crony CapitalismFACT
- The Family BusinessSelf-Dealing & Crony CapitalismPROBABLY TRUE
- Who Knew?Self-Dealing & Crony CapitalismPROBABLY TRUE
- An Epstein Cover-Up?The Epstein ClassFACT
- The Blanche RecordSelf-Dealing & Crony CapitalismFACT
- Protecting InsurrectionistsSurveillance State(s)FACT
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